Haruki Murakami is the first Japanese author to win the Welt Literature Prize of 10,000 euros. Join our reading group to discuss Murakami's literary works. The post Haruki Murakami Receives Welt Literature Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broadcasters Kirsty Wark and Sally Magnusson are among the authors shortlisted for the prestigious Saltire literary prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book review journal Kirkus Reviews is awarding prizes for the best fiction, nonfiction, and young readers' books for the first time this year. Here's the full list of nominees. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agents Geraldine Rose and Sridhar Gowda of Kadalu recount their experience visiting the leading literary event in Georgia, which was full of surprises. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kei Miller has won The Forward Prize for Best Collection for The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Bill Bryson will chair the judging panel for the Wellcome Book Prize 2015. Bryson will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is to launch the first ever prize for Young Adult books in the UK and Ireland.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK mountaineering literature publisher Vertebrate Publishing has three titles chosen as category... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Works that were nominated include 'The Innovators' by Walter Isaacson and 'Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?' by Roz Chast for the nonfiction prize as well as 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr and 'Station Eleven' by Emily St. John Mandel for the fiction award. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Texas Press has revived its translations of classic Latin American literature, bringing most of them into digital form for the first time. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber Children’s has acquired the rights to Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow, the winner of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The founder of Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize announced yesterday that the prize purse will double, to C$140,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Anu Partanen offers a preview of Finnish literature today, ahead of Finland's Guest of Honor program at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation has announced the 2014 National Book Award longlist for Young People’s Literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beginning this year, the five winners of the National Poetry Series' Open Competition will receive a $10,000 prize, up from $1,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In addition to the American contenders Karen Joy Fowler for 'We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves' and Joshua Ferris of 'To Rise Again at a Decent Hour,' other nominees include Richard Flanagan for 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' and Ali Smith for 'How to Be Both.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman will present the medal to Le Guin at the 65th National Book Awards ceremony on November 19, in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Outi Mäkinen of Finland's Tammi publishing house talks about top Finnish authors and books that will be on display in Frankfurt and trends in Finnish fiction. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian writer Claudio Magris (b. 1939) has been awarded the 2014 Prize in Romance Languages by the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To be released in December, 'The Strange Library' will be Murakami’s second work published in 2014, a 96-page illustrated book designed by Chip Kidd. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Academy of American Poets has awarded Pulitzer Prize-winner and former poet laureate Robert Hass the 2014 Wallace Stevens Award. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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